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221st ECS Meeting

Seattle, WA May 6-10, 2012 Washington State Convention Center and the Sheraton Seattle Hotel Seattle, WA 221st ECS Meeting May 6-10, 2012 Washington State Convention Center and the Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Welcome to Seattle! We are pleased to venture into this city again for the 221st ECS Meeting. This major international conference will be held at the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) and the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, and will include 45 topical symposia consisting of 1,657 technical presentations. You are invited to participate not only in the technical program, but also in the other social events planned for the meeting.

these important energy storage devices, from their early stages to Featured Speakers the present worldwide intense research activities aimed to further improve their properties and characteristics. Also discussed will be Plenary Session and The ECS Lecture the various new electrode and electrolyte materials that are currently being investigated as a way to upgrade the energy content of the Will It Be a Tank of Lithium batteries so as to deal with the new challenges opened by the expected to Drive Our Next Car? advent of a wide road electrification. Lithium batteries are facing a second, new age: as the first one led to the revolution in the consumer by Bruno Scrosati electronic market, the new one is expected to favor an epoch-making change in vehicle transportation. Monday, May 7 Bruno Scrosati is Senior Professor of Electrochemistry at 1700h the University of Rome La Sapienza. In 1990 he was the George Ballroom 6A, Level 6, WSCC T. Piercy distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science at the University of Back in 1800, when Alessandro Volta, professor Minnesota, and in 1991 was a visiting professor in the Department at the University of Pavia in Italy, unveiled of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science at the University of his “electric pile” to Napoleon Bonaparte, he Pennsylvania. Presently, he is a visiting professor in the Department could not have imagined that his invention— of Energy Engineering ar Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea. In mainly the fruit of a dispute with his colleague- 1990-92 he was President of the International Society of Solid State competitor Luigi Galvani at University of Bologna—would have Ionics and in 1996-1998 President of the Italian Chemical Society. He opened a route that, via various progressive technological evolution was elected Vice-President (2000) and President (2003-2004) of The steps, did eventually lead to the development of the electrochemical Electrochemical Society. In 1996 he received the title of Doctor in power source that today dominates the consumer electronics market. Science honoris causa, Hon. Dsc. from the University of St. Andrews This is the lithium battery, currently produced at a rate of several in Scotland. In 1997 he received the ECS Battery Division Research billions of units per year. This talk will illustrate the evolution of

30 The Electrochemical Society Interface • Spring 2012 Award. In 2004 he won the XVI edition of the Italgas Prize, noted The Henry B. Linford Award for science and environment, specifically for “his studies, which for Distinguished Teaching Lecture provide consistent evidence that the new, morphologically optimized materials approach the performance levels requested for batteries Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and fuel cells designed for electric vehicle applications.” In 2005 he was named a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society and in 2007 a by Mark Orazem Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry. In 2006 he received the Volta Medal of the ECS European Section, and in 2007 Monday, May 7 the “Sigillo d’oro” Medal from the Italian Chemical Society. In 2008 1450h he received an honorary doctorate in science and technology from the Ballroom 6A, Level 6, WSCC Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden. Dr. Scrosati is the European editor of the Journal of Power Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy Sources and a member of the editorial boards of various international is a powerful, sensitive, and minimally journals, which include Solid State Ionics, Journal of Applied invasive in situ electrochemical technique Electrochemistry, Progress in Solid State Chemistry, and the Journal that can provide quantitative descriptions of of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems. Professor Scrosati electrochemical systems. The applications are has coordinated several national and international research projects broad, including corrosion and corrosion control; electrochemical devoted to the studies of materials for energy storage electrochemical kinetics and mechanisms; electronic and ionic conducting polymers; devices. He was Chair of the 1st International Conference on Lithium semiconducting electrodes; semiconductors, solid electrolytes, Batteries (IMLB 1), the 1st International Conference on Polymer and electronic conductors; energy storage, batteries, fuel cells; and Batteries and Fuel Cells (PBFC 1), promoter and chair of the Japan- biological systems. While instrumentation is readily available to Italy-Germany Electrochemical Seminar, and of the Korea-Italy- make impedance measurements, the challenge lies in interpreting Swedish Electrochemical Seminar. All these have become regular the spectra in terms of physically meaningful properties. This talk and established international events. He has been an invited speaker will provide an introduction to impedance spectroscopy, including at many international conferences. Prof. Scrosati is author of more an historical perspective, physical interpretation of the measurement, than 450 scientific publications, 30 books and chapters in books, and and challenges for the future. 18 patents. His H-factor is 48. Mark Orazem obtained his BS and MS degrees from Kansas State University and his doctorate in 1983 from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1988 he joined the faculty of the University The Vittorio de Nora Award Lecture of Florida where, since 1992, he holds the position of Professor of Chemical Engineering. Orazem’s work on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy has encompassed corrosion, fuel cells, batteries, Lithium-Sulfur and Lithium-Air: biomedical processes, and electronic materials. His measurement The Superbatteries of the Future model approach, developed in collaboration with researchers in France and the University of South Florida, provides a powerful by Bruno Scrosati method for statistical analysis of impedance data. Orazem and his collaborators have developed a new interpretation of the frequency Monday, May 7 dispersion seen in the impedance response of oxides. These concepts 1400h Ballroom 6A, Level 6, WSCC have been applied by the leading manufacturer of heads for computer hard drives to monitor the oxide thickness during fabrication. With Li-ion batteries today exceed by a factor of Bernard Tribollet, he has co-authored a textbook on impedance at least 2.5 any competing technology, thanks spectroscopy, published in 2008 by John Wiley & Sons as part of The to the high value of energy density, i.e. 150 Electrochemical Society monograph series. Whkg- 1 and 650 Whl-1. Due to their unique Orazem has delivered plenary and keynote lectures on features, these batteries are the power sources impedance spectroscopy, including plenary lectures delivered at the Electrochemical Methods in Corrosion Research conference of choice for the portable electronics market (including popular Seattle, WA—Special Meeting Section products such as cellular phones, laptop computers, MP3s, etc.) and (EMCR 2006, Dourdan, France), the 7th International Symposium are aggressively entering in the power tool equipment market and, in on Impedance Spectroscopy (2007, Argéles sur Mer, France), and particular, in the emerging sustainable vehicle market. the XXVI Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquimica However, the present Li-ion batteries, although commercial (2011, Mexico City). He organized the 6th International Symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, held in Cocoa Beach, realities, are not yet at such a technological level to meet the power Boston/MA—Special Meeting Section requirements of efficient hybrid or electric vehicles. Reduction in Florida in May 2004, and served as Guest Editor for a special issue cost, enhancement in safety and rate, and, especially improvement of Electrochimica Acta on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, in energy density, are mandatory requirements. It is now clear that published in January 2006. Orazem delivers courses on impedance jumps in energy density may only be achieved by renewing the spectroscopy for companies and professional societies. In 2011, lithium battery concept, passing from conventional intercalation to his courses were offered for ECS, GenTex Corporation, the Rocky an advanced conversion chemistry. The most significant examples Mountain Section of the Materials Research Society, la Sociedad are provided by the lithium-sulfur and the lithium-air systems, in Mexicana de Electroquimica, and l’Institut Carnot CIRIMAT in principle capable to provide 3-5 times enhancement in energy density. Toulouse, France. However, the practical exploitation of these “superbatteries” is still Orazem has been recognized as a Fellow of The Electrochemical hindered by a series of issues, mostly associated with electrolyte Society. He was an Associate Editor for the Journal of The incompatibility with electrode materials. Electrochemical Society for 10 years, and he is now the President In this presentation, after a brief introduction on the basic of the International Society of Electrochemistry. He was recognized characteristics of lithium-ion cells, the research currently in progress as the 2005 College of Engineering Distinguished International in our laboratory for upgrading the performance of lithium-sulfur and Educator, he received the 2006 Excellence in Teaching Award from the lithium-air batteries are reviewed and discussed. It will be shown that student chapter of the AIChE, and he received the 2008 UF Blue Key most of the operational issues may be effectively addressed by the use Distinguished Professor Award. In recognition of his contributions to of innovative, stable electrolytes, combined with the development of their training program, BP Azerbaijan presented Orazem with their appropriate electrode morphologies. 2005 Outstanding Service Award.

The Electrochemical Society Interface • Spring 2012 31 The Carl Wagner Memorial Award Lecture Short Course #1 Enantioselective, Electrochemical Sensors: The Lithium Battery Design, Response Characteristics, and Applications by Peter Bruce Raluca-Ioana van Staden, Instructor

Monday, May 7 This course is intended for chemists, physicists, materials scientists, 1535h and engineers with an interest in applying electrochemical sensors Ballroom 6A, Level 6, WSCC to enantioanalysis. The discrimination between enantiomers using enantioanalysis is becoming one of the most important fields of The rechargeable lithium battery is one of the modern analytical chemistry, especially for pharmaceutical analysis most successful electrochemical technologies and clinical analysis/biomedical analysis. The course is best suited of the past few decades. It has transformed for an attendee who has basic knowledge of electrochemical sensors. portable electronics, is the technology of choice The attendee will develop a basic understanding of the principles of for battery electric vehicles, and will have a key molecular recognition of enantiomers, types of electrochemical sensors role in balancing the intermittent supply of electricity from renewable which can be used for enantioanalysis, design of enantioselective, sources with consumer demand. However, to meet the needs of new electrochemical sensors, response characteristics, and the reliable markets in the medium to long term, new generations of rechargeable application of the electrochemical sensors in enantioanalysis of lithium batteries are necessary and this in turn requires a step-change compounds of pharmaceutical and clinical/biomedical interest. The in the underpinning electrochemical science. topics to be covered include: The operation of Li-ion batteries depends on Li intercalation. • Principles of molecular recognition of enantiomers using The talk will consider the effect of nanostructured intercalation electrochemical sensors; electrodes for Li (nanotubes, nanowires, and mesoporous solids) on • Types of enantioselective, electrochemical sensors used in the intercalation process. Such nanostructured materials, in which enantioanalysis: enantioselective, potentiometric membrane lengths are controlled simultaneously on the micron, nano, and atomic electrodes; enantioselective, amperometric sensors, stochastic scale, will be compared with the equivalent bulk and nanoparticulate sensors, biosensors, immunosensors, multimode sensors; general intercalation hosts. To meet the long term needs of energy storage it aspects; is necessary to go beyond lithium-ion batteries. One approach is the • Mechanism of potential development and enantioselectivity for lithium-air battery, which theoretically could deliver a battery electric potentiometric, enantioselective membrane electrodes; vehicle with a 300 mile driving range. The underlying scientific • Design of enantioselective, electrochemical sensors; challenges that face technological realization of this energy storage • Response characteristics of enantioselective, electrochgemical device will be discussed. sensors; Peter Bruce FRS, FRSE, FRSC, is the Wardlaw Professor of • Simultaneous assay of enantiomers using enantioselective, Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His research electrochemical sensors; and interests embrace materials chemistry and electrochemistry, • Applications of enantioselective, electrochemical sensors in especially the synthesis and characterization of new and novel pharmaceutical and clinical/biomedical analysis. materials (extended arrays and polymers) with new properties or combinations of properties for new generations of lithium batteries. Short Course #2 Recent efforts have focused on the synthesis and understanding of nanoelectrodes for lithium-ion batteries, including nanowire/nanotube Fundamentals of Electrochemistry Jamie Noël, Instructor intercalation anodes (TiO2) and mesoporous cathodes (LiMn2O4), novel approaches to high capacity lithium batteries (the lithium- air battery), and the influence of order on the ionic conductivity of This course is suited to people with a physical sciences background polymer electrolytes. His research has been recognized by a number who have not been trained as electrochemists, but who want to add of awards and fellowships, including from the Royal Society, the electrochemical methods to their repertoire of research approaches. Royal Society of Chemistry, the German Chemical Society, and The There are many fields in which researchers originally approach their Seattle, WA—Special Meeting Section Electrochemical Society. He was elected to the Royal Society (UK work from another discipline but then discover that it would be Academy of Sciences) in 2007 and the Royal Society of Edinburgh advantageous to understand and use some electrochemical methods (Scottish Academy of Sciences) in 1994. to complement the other work that they are doing. The course will cover the following areas: Introduction and Overview of Electrode Processes Boston/MA—Special Meeting Section • Short Courses & Tutorials • Chemical vs. Electrochemical Thermodynamics ○ cell potentials, Nernst equation, electrode-solution interface, Six Short Courses will be offered in conjunction with the 221st ECS double-layer structure, and adsorption Meeting. These courses will be held on Sunday, May 6, 2012, from 0900h ○ applications in analytical electrochemistry and sensors to 1630h. The registration fee is $425 for ECS members and $520 for nonmembers. Students are offered a 50% discount. The registration • Chemical Stoichiometry vs. Faraday’s Law fee for the short courses covers the course, text materials, continental ○ coulometry, bulk electrolysis breakfast, luncheon, and refreshment breaks; it is not applicable to any • Chemical vs. Electrochemical Kinetics other activities of the meeting. The half-day tutorial is $212.50 (for ○ electrode reactions, rates, mechanisms and rate constants, ECS members and nonmembers), $106.25 (for ECS student members mass transport, Butler-Volmer, Tafel, and Levich equations and nonmembers), and $25 if you are an employee of an ECS corporate • Kinetic Methodology member organization. The deadline for registration for a course ○ potential step and sweep methods, polarography, controlled- is April 6, 2012. Written requests for refunds will be honored only if current techniques, controlled mass transport approaches, received at ECS headquarters before April 13, 2012. Pre-registration is rotating electrodes, microelectrodes, electrochemical required. All courses are subject to cancellation pending an appropriate impedance spectroscopy number of advance registrants. • Electrochemical Instrumentation ○ voltmeters, potentiostats, cells Visit the ECS website for full course descriptions and instructor and time permitting: biographies.

32 The Electrochemical Society Interface • Spring 2012 • Scanning Probe Techniques The course will be divided in 2 major sections: general MEMS ○ scanning electrochemical microscopy, AFM, etc. competence; and packaging and reliability. The following major topics will be covered: • Coupled Characterization Methods ○ modified electrodes, spectroelectrochemistry, in situ neutron • Fabrication technologies scattering, surface analysis, etc. • Materials • Design and device physics Short Course #3 • Main MEMS types Basic Impedance Spectroscopy • Integration aspects Mark E. Orazem, Instructor • Selected industrial application Design considerations This course is intended for chemists, physicists, materials scientists, • and engineers with an interest in applying electrochemical impedance • Types of packaging techniques to study a broad variety of electrochemical processes. The • Quality control attendee will develop a basic understanding of the technique, the • Reliability sources of errors in impedance measurements, the manner in which • Failure analysis experiments can be optimized to reduce these errors, and the use of graphical methods to interpret measurements in terms of meaningful physical properties. The topics to be covered include: Short Course #5 Scientific Writing for Scientists and Engineers • The motivation for using impedance spectroscopy advantages as Noel Buckley, Instructor compared to other transient techniques and the conditions under which its use is ideally suited; Do you sometimes have trouble explaining your results when you • The basic concepts of how impedance is measured; write a paper? Do reviewers often comment that your data and • Proper selection of experimental parameters; discussion is unclear? Do editors complain about your English • Graphical representation of impedance data, including methods to usage? If so, then this is the course for you! In this course you will extract some physically meaningful parameters; learn how to improve your scientific writing. You will learn how to • Constant-phase elements; write a paper that gets accepted more quickly! This course is intended • Application of electrical circuit analogues; and for scientists and engineers with an interest in developing their skills in writing scientific documents including journal papers, conference The meaning of the Kramers-Kronig relations. • proceedings papers, abstracts, reports, theses, and proposals. The The concepts will be illustrated by applications to different course will be of particular interest to researchers and graduate systems including corrosion, fuel cells, batteries, and transport students as well as to university faculty who want to improve both through membranes such as skin. A list of suggested references will their own writing and that of their students. It will address elements be provided. of good writing in science and engineering, including standard practices, terminology and formatting. It will teach attendees how to This course is the first in a two course sequence offered at present information using properly structured sentences, paragraphs, alternating ECS meetings by Professor Orazem. The second course sections, and chapters and how to organize experimental results and in the series, “Advanced Impedance Spectroscopy,” introduces model analysis in a format suitable for publication in the scientific literature development based on proposed reaction mechanisms, statistical as well as in reports, theses, etc. The topics to be covered include: analysis of impedance data, and regression analysis. • How to communicate your message in clear, precise English; Short Course #4 • How to write effective sentences; MEMS Reliability and Packaging • How to structure paragraphs effectively; Slobodan Petrovic, Instructor • How to structure documents so that they are clear, effective and easy to read; Seattle, WA—Special Meeting Section This course provides a comprehensive overview of a broad array of • How to be complete but concise; MEMS packaging and reliability issues. While some prior knowledge • Standard writing practices and formatting; by the participants of MEMS in general is helpful, the packaging • Effectively presenting your methods, results, discussion, and discussion will require a fairly detailed explanation of the principles of conclusions; operation, fabrication methods, and materials used in building MEMS Titles, tables, figures, captions and references; Boston/MA—Special Meeting Section structures. The course is therefore open to participants with no prior • MEMS knowledge and would provide a reasonably broad general • Standard practices for presenting scientific information; introduction into the field. Because each MEMS design deserves its • Appropriate level of detail; own distinctive packaging approach, packaging considerations will • Mathematical descriptions, data, and units; and be, whenever possible, illustrated using specific device examples; • Grammar, punctuation, abbreviations, and acronyms. and every opportunity will be used to demonstrate the uniqueness of a packaging solution and its interaction with a micromachined structure. Using this dynamic teaching method, in addition learning Short Course #6 in depth about packaging and reliability, the participants will have the Advanced Microscopy Methods for Studying PEM Fuel Cell opportunity to gain knowledge about MEMS in general through the Materials eyes of a packaging and reliability specialist. Karren L. More, Instructor A broad range of MEMS devices will be discussed while a particular emphasis will be placed on sensors and actuators used The µm- to sub-Å-scale structural and chemical characterization in industrial, medical, and automotive applications. Extensive case of fuel cell material constituents via advanced electron microscopy studies that will be used to most effectively demonstrate diverse techniques plays an integral role in elucidating the critical material’s packaging principles for devices such as accelerometers, pressure degradation mechanisms contributing to fuel cell performance loss. sensors, and digital micromirror devices. Such techniques include atomic-scale imaging via aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) coupled with the ability to resolve compositional/chemical changes at the atomic scale

(continued on next page) The Electrochemical Society Interface • Spring 2012 33 (continued from previous page) using energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and/or electron energy the nuances regarding public disclosure will be addressed. This loss spectroscopy (EELS). Recently, the development of specialized tutorial will introduce the various forms of patent claims in view of holders for conducting novel in situ microscopy experiments (such claim elements and will culminate with case studies of the patent as liquid STEM, electrochemistry, gas-flow reactions, biasing, etc.) examination process along with the potential for citation analysis combined with high-resolution imaging and microanalysis has as a tool for identifying potential strategic partners. In closing, the enhanced the ability to study critical structural changes to individual purpose of the tutorial is not to replace the patent counsel, but rather materials constituents comprising fuel cell membrane electrode to facilitate informed interaction between the scientist/engineer/ assemblies under relevant environmental conditions. technologist inventor with said patent counsel. The primary microscopy and spectroscopy techniques available today, which are used to study fuel cell materials, will be summarized Professional Development Workshops and described in detail. Advanced methodologies for quantifying John R. Susko, Instructor critical structural changes related to particular fuel cell testing protocols and materials degradation phenomena will be described ECS will sponsor the following three professional development and are supported with specific materials-specific characterization workshops at no extra cost to meeting registrants. All workshops will studies. be held in Columbia, 4th Floor - Union St. Tower, Sheraton.

Corporate Tutorial Writing an Effective Cover Letter and Resume—The need for a Intellectual Property: An Introduction for Research cover letter, how to write it, the many “do’s” and “don’ts” in preparing Scientists, Engineers, and Technologists such a letter, and tips for drafting an effective resume. E. Jennings Taylor, Instructor Sunday...... 1500-1545h This half-day tutorial (1300-1600h) will provide an introduction to the Monday...... 1200-1245h various forms of intellectual property; trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights with an emphasis on patents. The objective of the tutorial Job Interviewing Tips—How to improve your chances of impressing is to provide the electrochemist/engineer with an appreciation of the the interviewer; key questions to ask; and other important pointers for historical basis of the patent system and the nuances related to the the interviewing process. concepts of prior art and obviousness. A case study of the on-going prosecution of an electrochemical technology will be presented. In Sunday...... 1600-1645h addition, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed into law in Monday...... 1300-1345h September 2011, will be reviewed. This tutorial will provide an introduction to the various forms of Resume Round Table—Designed to provide feedback on resumes intellectual property, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights with by publicly critiquing participants’ resumes and offering suggestions an emphasis on patents. The foundation of modern patent principles on ways to make them more effective. To take full advantage of the will be traced from their origin in the U.S. Constitution, their early workshop, please bring a copy of your current professional resume. development and recent status. Topics to be covered include: Monday...... 1400-1700h • Analogies between intellectual property and tangible property; • Distinction between an author of a scientific paper and inventor on a patent; and ECS Career Fair Statutory criteria for obtaining a U.S. patent: • ECS is launching our first-ever Career Fair in Seattle. The event will ○ utility, be held in the exhibit hall of the Washington State Convention Center ○ novelty, during exhibit hours on Monday, May 7, 2012 from 1800-2000h, ○ non-obviousness, and Tuesday, May 8, 2012 from 0900-1400h, and 1800-2000h. The ○ enabling description; and Career Fair is free to all registered meeting attendees and is open to experienced professionals considering a career move and students

Seattle, WA—Special Meeting Section ○ lack of prior public disclosure. searching for first-time employment opportunities. ECS Corporate The tutorial will provide the basis for determination of novelty member and nonmember recruiters will be seeking to meet potential vis-à-vis prior art. In addition, the difference between “technical employees at every level of experience and will have the ability obviousness” and “legal obviousness” will be clarified. Finally, to post online available positions, review resumes, and conduct interviews prior to and during the meeting. Boston/MA—Special Meeting Section

ECS Presents Its First-Ever Clean Water Technologies Symposium Don’t Miss This Important Full-Day Session! ater is a critical environmental issue, one of the Clean Water Technologies Symposia (A3) Wgreatest problems facing the world today. For this vital Tuesday May 8, 2012, 0800-1150h & 1400-1720h natural resource to be available through the 21st century, new Wednesday May 9, 2012, 0830-1110h paradigms are needed for management, remediation, and Symposium Organizers: B. Stoner, Z. Aguilar, E. Greenbaum, valuation. With the emergence of novel sensing modalities P. M. Natishan, E. J. Taylor, and J. Weidner and processing technologies, ECS has a unique opportunity • Water Treatment and Sanitation to provide a forum for the presentation of original research Co-Chairs: Brian Stoner and Elias Greenbaum • Water Treatment Technologies andRegistration innovation Brochure|221 thatst ECS canMeetin gimpact|May 6-10, the2012| futureSeattle, Washington direction of Clean Co-Chairs: Paul Natishan and E. Jennings Taylor 34 Water Technologies and provide viable solutions for the • Water Treatment Systems and Applications current and future needs. Co-Chairs: Brian Stoner and Paul Natishan iFor more information contact: [email protected] — plus a — 34 • Clean Water TechnologiesThe Electrochemical Poster SocietySession Interface • Spring 2012 metamaterials, integrated dot Academic Press/Elsevier. other 2006 Vice-President the and Physics; Applied D: Physics Technology Letters, National Network six co-edited nine research Science, University. Medal Nanotechnology The www.electrochem.org/meetings/ website: ECS biannual/221/221.htm. the Meeting General on the see Program please presentations, their of schedule the and recipients, award the of biographies complete For NOTE: Society, Research Electron Institute of in Institute (UK), and Academy Australian ANU Society Symposium Council Supervisor students fromthe Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator His 2004 Electrochemical IEEE special the Electronics andPhotonicsDivision Award lasers, Award oftheEnergy Technology Division Engineering, book and journals. in the research and Distinguished ProgressElectronicsQuantum in , Semiconductors of SPIE, Distinguished and papers Devices Fabrication 2006; the Nanotechnology 2007. (more of Society, three Physics. Award , Institute Physics circuits, chapters, issues Research received He on quantum Science, and Springer an and American Compound He is of the interests Prof. books, (450 Society Australian than Council, ANU. Society. Science Award Winners also for of IEEE Optical is THz (UK), IEEE, Quantum He of photonic V Fellow in Kingston, of Delhi) of Nanotechnology in research Resource Extraordinary Technology, Chemical C science. electrochemical University, the Facility, Australian holds journals. Jagadish journal an excellence Council; Service ijay 1400 hennupati dot Interface Series Convener India received Physics 1990. Service and Nanotechnology photonics. Distinguished include Editor and Lasers ; Association Institution of Council Semiconductor He

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Boston/MA—Special Meeting includes Section the Tuesday evening Poster Session Booth 116 Wednesday, May 9...... 0900-1300h Stephen Jones [email protected] Exhibitors as of Press-Time www.heka.com Hysitron ECS Booth 106 Booth 205 Greg Lance [email protected] [email protected] www.electrochem.org www.hysitron.com

Agilent Technologies INFICON

Booths 202, 204 Booth 107 Joan Horwitz Tom Wilson [email protected] [email protected] www.aglient.com www.inficon.com

36 The Electrochemical Society Interface • Spring 2012 IVIUM TECHNOLOGIES Scribner Associates

Booth 112 Booth 201 Pete Peterson Jason Scribner [email protected] [email protected] www.ivium.us www.scribner.com

Metrohm USA Solartron Analytical

Booths 213, 215 Booths 101, 103, 105 [email protected] Ari Tampasis www.metrohmusa.com [email protected] www.solartronanalytical.com MTI Corporation Toshima Manufacturing Booth 208 Mel Jiang Booth 203 [email protected] Tetsuo Yamanaka www.mtixtl.com [email protected]

NuVant Systems, Inc. ULVAC Technologies, Inc.

Booth: 303 Booth 305 Linda Smotkin Evan Sohm [email protected] [email protected] www.nuvant.com www.ulvac.com

Pine Research Instrumentation Uniscan Instruments

Booth 102, 104 Booth 315 Marion Jones Mike Dawson [email protected] [email protected] www.pineinst.com/echem www.uniscan.com

Princeton Applied Research Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Booths 101, 103, 105 Booth 301 Ari Tampasis Ross Russo [email protected] [email protected] www.princetonappliedresearch.com www.wildcatdiscovery.com

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The Electrochemical Society Interface • Spring 2012 39 Event Highlights Hotel & Travel Information NOTE: For a list of Committee Meetings, please visit the Seattle meeting The 221st ECS Meeting will be held at the Sheraton Seattle (1400 page: www.electrochem.org/meetings/biannual/221/221.htm. Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101) and the Washington State Convention Center (800 Convention Place, Seattle, WA 98101). We strongly encourage you to stay at the meeting headquarters hotel, Sunday, May 6 the Sheraton Seattle, where your stay will be most enjoyable and 0900h ���������Short Courses convenient. Reservations can be made online from the ECS website 1500h ���������Writing an Effective Cover Letter and Resume Workshop, Columbia, at special discounted meeting rate of $169. See the ECS website for 4th Floor - Union St. Tower, Sheraton more details and to make your reservation. 1600h ���������Job Interviewing Tips Workshop, Columbia, 4th Floor - Union St. Tower, Sheraton The deadline for reservations is April 6, 2012. Reservations 1730h ���������ECS Student Mixer attempted after April 6 will be accepted on a space and rate availability 1900h ���������Electronics and Photonics Division Award Reception and General Meeting, basis. Cedar B, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Companion Registrant Program—Guests of Technical Registrants st 1930h ���������Sunday Evening Get-Together, Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton are invited to register for the 221 Meeting as a “Companion Registrant.” The companion registration fee of $25 (Early-Bird) or Monday, May 7 $30 (after April 6) includes admission to non-ticketed social events, an 0930h ���������Technical Session Coffee Break, East & West Lobbies, Level 6, WSCC exclusive lounge with beverage service, Monday through Thursday, 1200h ���������Writing an Effective Cover Letter and Resume Workshop, Columbia, 0800-1000h, and a special “Welcome to Seattle” orientation presented 4th Floor - Union St. Tower, Sheraton by Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau on Monday, May 7 at 1215h ���������Industrial Electrochemistry & Electrochemical Engineering Division 0900h in the Companion Registrants Lounge. Luncheon & Business Meeting, Willow A, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Please note that online registration is not available for Companion (ticket required) Registrants. 1215h ���������Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division Luncheon & Business Meeting, Willow B, 2nd Floor, Sheraton (ticket required) Technical Program 1300h ���������Job Interviewing Tips Workshop, Columbia, 4th Floor - Oral Presentations and Audio-Visual—Oral presentations must be in Union St. Tower, Sheraton English. Laptop computers and LCD projectors will be available 1400h ���������Resume Round Table Workshop, Columbia, 4th Floor - in each symposium room for oral presentations. Authors are Union St. Tower, Sheraton required to bring their presentation on a USB flashdrive only. 1400h ���������Society Award Lectures, Ballroom 6A, Level 6, WSCC Speakers requiring special equipment must make written request to 1700h ���������The ECS Lecture—“ Will It Be a Tank of Lithium to Drive Our Next Car?” ECS headquarters ([email protected]) no later than three by Bruno Scrosati, Ballrom 6A, Level 6, WSCC weeks before the meeting, and appropriate arrangements will be 1800h ���������Monday Evening Mixer, Student Poster Session, and Technical Exhibit made at the expense of the author. Opening, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC Poster Presentations and Sessions—Poster presentations must be in 1800h ���������ECS Career Fair, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC English, on a board approximately 3 feet 10 inches high by 3 feet 10 Tuesday, May 8 inches wide (1.17 meters high by 1.17 meters wide), corresponding 0900h ���������Technical Exhibit, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC to the abstract number and day of presentation in the final program. 0900h ���������ECS Career Fair, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC Please arrive approximately two to four hours before the start of your session to begin setting up your poster displays. Please do not begin 0930h ���������Technical Session Coffee Break, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC setting up your poster until all the poster boards have been numbered. 1215h ���������Annual Society Luncheon & Business Meeting with Student Poster Award Plan your display to fit on one upright panel approximately 3 feet 10 Presentation, Cirrus Ballroom, 35th Floor - Pike St. Tower, Sheraton inches high by 3 feet 10 inches wide (1.17 meters high by 1.17 meters (ticket required) wide). Present displayed information from left to right, starting at the 1630h ���������ECS Transactions Tutorial Session for Authors, Room 605, Level 6, WSCC top left of the panel. The paper title, number, names, and affiliations

Seattle, WA—Special1800h Meeting Section ���������Technical Exhibit and General Poster Session, Ballroom 6C, of all authors MUST be at the top of the display. The recommended Level 6, WSCC print size for the title is approximately 1” to 2” (2.5 cm to 5 cm) 1800h ���������ECS Career Fair, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC high. Authors should minimize written text but use it when necessary to emphasize essential data and/or to stimulate discussion. All Wednesday, May 9 illustrations, drawings, charts, pictures, graphs, figures, and written

Boston/MA—Special 0900hMeeting Section ���������Technical Exhibit, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC text should be large enough to allow easy reading from a distance 0930h ���������Technical Session Coffee Break, Ballroom 6C, Level 6, WSCC of 5’ (1.5 m). Matted and finished photographs are recommended to 1215h ���������Dielectric Science & Technology Division Luncheon & Business Meeting, enhance visibility. Pushpins and/or thumbtacks will be supplied at DISCONTINUED the meeting. Commercial advertisements or publicity will NOT be 1215h ���������Energy Technology Division Luncheon & Business Meeting, Willow A, permitted in poster presentations. Authors violating this regulation 2nd Floor, Sheraton (ticket required) will be asked to remove their presentations immediately. Authors are responsible for setting up their displays, for being present during the 1215h ���������Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures Division Luncheon & nd entire scheduled poster session, and for removing their displays at the Business Meeting, , Willow B, 2 Floor, Sheraton (ticket required) conclusion of the poster session. No posters will be displayed without 1215h ���������Organic & Biological Electrochemistry Division Luncheon & Business author participation. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE GRANTED. Meeting, Cedar B, 2nd Floor, Sheraton (ticket required) Authors are responsible for the security of their displays and all items 1700h ���������Manuel M. Baizer Award Reception, Willow A, 2nd Floor, Sheraton of value. ECS will not assume any responsibility for lost, stolen, (no ticket required) or broken articles. Additional information or special requirements should be addressed to the individual symposium organizers prior to Thursday, May 10 the meeting. 0930h ���������Technical Session Coffee Break, East & West Lobbies, Level 6, WSCC The General Society Student Poster Session will be held as a part of the Monday Evening Mixer and Technical Exhibit, which features instruments, materials, systems, publications, and software of interest to meeting attendees. All meeting registrants are invited

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Sessions are marked to indicate if they run on Sunday (S), Monday (M), Tuesday (Tu), Wednesday (W), and/or Thursday (Th).

Hard-cover (HC) editions of ECS Transactions will be available for purchase and pick-up at the meeting; or you may pre-order your hard-cover ECST issue using the meeting registration form in this brochure or when registering online. Electronic (PDF) editions of ECS Transactions will be available ONLY via the ECS Digital Library (www.ecsdl.org). Electronic editions of the Seattle “at” meeting issues will be available for purchase beginning April 27, 2012. Please visit the ECS website for all issue pricing and ordering information for the electronic editions.

A — General Topics & Tutorials F — Electrochemical / Chemical Deposition and Etching A0 — Special Lectures (M) F1 — Stress-Related Phenomena in Electrochemical Systems 2 (W-Th) — G. R. Stafford, Y. Cheng, and K. Hebert A1 — General Student Poster Session (M) — V. R. Subramanian, V. Chaitanya, M. P. Foley, and K. B. Sundaram F2 — Surface Treatments for Biomedical Applications 3 (M-Tu) — S. Djokić, D. C. Hansen, L. Magagnin, L. Nagahara, and Y. Yoon A2 — Tutorials in Nanotechnology: More than Moore - Beyond CMOS Emerging Materials and Devices (M) — D. Misra, S. Datta, and J. Li G — Electrochemical Synthesis and Engineering A3 — Clean Water Technologies (Tu-W) — B. Stoner, Z. Aguilar, E. Greenbaum, G1 — Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering General Session P. M. Natishan, E. Taylor, and J. Weidner (Tu-W) — J. Weidner A4 — Nanotechnology General Session (M-T) — F. Chen, O. Leonte, G3 — Characterization of Porous Materials 5 (Tu) — J. Staser, J. Fenton, and W. Mustain J. Gostick, and V. Sethuram B — Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Energy Conversion G4 — Electrochemical Engineering for the 21st Century 2 (M-Tu) — V. Subramanian, R. Alkire, L. Deligianni, J. Fenton, J. Harb, and G. Hunter B1 — Batteries and Energy Technology Joint General Session (M-Th) — A. Manthiram, A. Manivannan, and S. Narayan G5 — Fuel Cell Membranes, Electrode Binders, and MEA Performance (Tu-Th) — P. Pintauro B2 — Large Scale Electrical Energy Storage 1 (M-Tu) — Y. Chiang, C. P. Albarran, W. C. Carter, B. Liaw, J. Meyers, and T. V. Nguyen H — Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures B4 — Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 8 (M-Th) — M. Mogensen, H1 — Electron Transfer and Energy Applications of Fullerenes and Nanostructured T. Armstrong, T. Gur, H. Yokokawa, and X. Zhou Materials (M-Tu) — F. D’Souza, S. Fukuzumi, and D. Guldi B5 — Special Topics in Battery Science and Technology (M-Th) — A. Manthiram, H2 — Chemistry of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes (Tu) — N. Martin B. Liaw, A. Manivannan, and K. Zaghib and J. Nierengarten B6 — Tutorials on Electrocatalysis in Low Temperature Fuel Cells (M-Tu) — H3 — Carbon Nanotubes and Nanostructures: Fundamental Properties T. A. Zawodzinski Jr., S. Mukerjee, and P. Strasser and Processes (Tu-W) — R. Weisman, S. K. Doorn, and M. Zheng B7 — Next Generation Portable Power (Tu-W) — S. Mukerjee, A. Manthiram, H4 — Carbon Nanotubes and Nanostructures: Applications and Devices (M-Tu) — and S. Narayan S. Rotkin, Y. Gogotsi, and R. Martel C — Biomedical Applications and Organic Electrochemistry H5 — Endofullerenes and Carbon Nanocapsules (Tu, Th) — L. Echegoyen, T. Akasaka, and A. L. Balch C1 — Organic and Biological Electrochemistry General Poster Session (Tu) — J. D. Burgess H6 — Carbon Nanotubes and Nanostructures: Medicine and Biology (W-Th) — T. Da Ros, Z. Aguilar, A. Hirsch, A. Simonian, and L. Wilson C2 — 10th Manual M. Baizer Memorial Symposium on Organic Electrochemistry (M- Tu) — A. J. Fry and G. T. Cheek H7 — Porphyrins and Supramolecular Assemblies (Tu-Th) — N. Solladie, K. M. Kadish, and R. Paolesse C3 — Progress in Fundamental and Applied Bioelectrochemistry (W) — J. F. Rusling H8 — Nanostructures for Energy Conversion (M-Tu) — H. Imahori and P. Kamat Seattle, WA—Special Meeting Section D — Corrosion, Passivation, and Anodic Films H9 — Chemistry and Physics of Graphene and 2D Nanostructures (Tu-W) — H. Grebel, R. C. Haddon, and P. Kamat D1 — Corrosion General Session (Tu-W) — S. Fujimoto I — Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry E — Dielectric and Semiconductor Materials, Devices, and Processing I1 — Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry General Session (M-Tu) — R. Mantz

E1 — Dielectrics for Nanosystems 5: Materials Science, Processing, Reliability, Boston/MA—Special Meeting Section and Manufacturing (M-W) — D. Misra, D. Bauza, Z. Chen, T. Chikyow, I2 — Biological Fuel Cells 5 (M-W) — S. C. Barton, P. Atanassov, H. Iwai, and Y. S. Obeng and S. D. Minteer E2 — Graphene, Ge/III-V, Nanowires, and Emerging Materials for Post-CMOS I4 — Electrocatalysis Applied to Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers (M-Th) — Applications 4 (M-W) — Y. S. Obeng, S. De-Gendt, Z. Karim, D. Misra, P. J. Kulesza, S. Fiechter, R. Marassi, and R. Narayan and P. Srinivasan I5 — Exploiting Magnets in Electrochemistry (W) — J. Leddy and I. Fritsch E3 — Integrated Optoelectronics 6 (M-W) — M. Deen, Q. Fang, C. Jagadish, and K. Ohashi I7 — Recent Advances in Spectro-Electrochemistry (M-W) — A. Wieckowski and S. Mukerjee E4 — Nanoscale Luminescent Materials (M-W) — P. Mascher and D. Lockwood I8 — Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: Modeling and Interpretation (Tu-W) — P. Vanýsek E5 — Silicon Compatible Materials, Processes and Technologies for Advanced Integrated Circuits and Emerging Applications 2 (M-Tu) — F. Roozeboom, E. J — Sensors and Displays: Principles, Materials, and Processing Gusev, H. Iwai, K. Kakushima, D. Kwong, V. Narayanan, and P. Timans J1 — Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems General Session (M-Tu) — M. Carter,

Z. Aguilar, B. Ward, and N. Wu — Thermal and Plasma CVD of Nanostructures and Their Applications (M-Tu) — E6 J2 — Nano/Bio Sensors (M-Tu) — A. Simonian, Z. Aguilar, B. Chin, J. Li, M. K. Sunkara, U. Cvelbar, J. Li, M. Meyyappan, and R. Sankaran and L. Nagahara E7 — Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Materials and Devices 13 (M-Tu) — E. Stokes, J3 — Sensors for Safety and Security (Tu-W) — E. L. Brosha, M. Carter, B. Chin, R. Horng, G. Hunter, Z. Karim, Z. Mi, and C. O’Dwyer J. Li, S. D. Minteer, and A. Simonian

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to attend. Formal presentations will begin at 1800h. Students may Key Locations start setting up their presentations at 1300h; judging of the posters Meeting Registration...... East Lobby, Level 6, WSCC will begin at 1500h. Participants are encouraged to attend the Annual Information/Message Center...... East Lobby, Level 6, WSCC Society Luncheon and Business Meeting on Tuesday at 1215h (ticket ECS Headquarters Office...... Room 214, Level 2, WSCC required, except for winners) where the winners will be announced ECS Central...... East Lobby, Level 6, WSCC and given an award plaque. AV Tech Table...... Located outside select symposium rooms

AV Tech Table—A Tech Table staffed by audio-visual technicians Registration and ECS Central Hours will be available Sunday through Thursday, for any audio-visual Sunday, May 6...... 0700-1900h assistance needed for oral presentations. Monday, May 7...... 0700-1900h Tuesday, May 8...... 0700-1730h Speaker Indemnification—The ideas and opinions expressed in the Wednesday, May 9...... 0800-1600h technical sessions, conferences, and any handout materials provided Thursday, May 10...... 0800-1200h are those of the presenter. They are not those of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), nor can any endorsement by ECS be claimed. Registration Fees—ALL PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRA- No Recording Allowed—Photographing and/or recording of TION FEE LISTED BELOW. Payment can be made by cash, presentations IS NOT PERMITTED unless specifically allowed check or travelers’ checks in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank. Visa, by the speaker. Anyone making unauthorized photographs or MasterCard, American Express, or Discover are also accepted. recordings will be asked to leave the session. ECS Member...... $520 Registration & General Meeting Nonmember...... $720 Information ECS Student Member...... $255 Student Nonmember...... $295 Meeting Registration—The meeting registration area will be located One Day ECS Member...... $380 in the East Lobby, Level 6, WSCC. Registration will open on One Day Nonmember...... $470 Sunday and the technical sessions will be conducted Sunday through ECS Emeritus or Honorary Member...... $0 Thursday. Companion Registrant...... $30 Early-Bird Registration—Early-Bird registration is encouraged. Register online at www.electrochem.org, or fax your registration All students must present a current, dated student ID card, or for post- form to 609.737.2743. Attendees prepaying by credit card are docs, a letter from a professor stating that you are a full or part-time encouraged to use our online system, or send the form by fax. student, when you pick up your registration materials at the meeting. If you send a registration by fax, please do not send another copy Attendees who wish to have paper copies of abstracts in advance of by mail, as this may result in duplicate charges. The deadline for the meeting should download copies from the ECS website, free of Early-Bird registration is April 6, 2012. Refunds are subject to charge. a 10% processing fee and will only be honored if written requests Financial Assistance—Financial assistance is limited ad generally are received by April 30, 2012. Regular registration rates are in governed by the symposium organizers. Individuals may inquire effect online after April 6, 2012 and at the meeting. All meeting directly to the symposium organizers of the symposium in which participants are required to pay the appropriate registration fees. they are presenting their paper to see if funding is available. Early-Bird and post-April 6 registration payments must be made Individuals requiring an official letter of invitation should write to in U.S. Dollars via Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover the ECS headquarters office; such letters will not imply any financial Card, check, or money order payable to ECS. responsibility of ECS.

NEW! Career Fair—ECS is launching our first-ever Career Fair at the Seattle meeting! The event will be held in the ECS Technical Seattle, WA—Special Meeting Section Exhibit Hall of the Washington State Convention Center during exhibit hours on Monday, May 7, 2012 from 1800-2000h, and Great News about Tuesday, May 8, 2012 from 0900-1400h, and 1800-2000h. The Career Fair is free to all registered meeting attendees. Experienced MEETING ABSTRACTS! professionals considering a career move and students searching for Boston/MA—Special Meeting Section first time employment opportunities are encouraged to visit. ECS ECS is always looking for new ways to make our meeting Corporate member and nonmember recruiters will be available to information more accessible to all attendees and contribute meet potential employees at every level of experience and will have to the sustainability of the planet. So, beginning in Seattle, the ability to post online available positions, review resumes, and Meeting Abstracts are always right at hand—and as always, conduct interviews prior to and during the meeting. are FREE. Registrants may easily access them through wire- less Internet which will be available in the Washington State ADA Accessibility—Special accommodations for disabled attendees will be handled on an individual basis provided that adequate notice Convention Center, view them on the ECS Meeting App, or is given to the ECS headquarters office. download them directly from the ECS website.

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